Forest-goers get new recreation map

An updated recreation map of the Nantahala and Pisgah national forests is now available online.

The U.S. Forest Service map identifies recreation sites in the two national forests suitable for activities such as target practice, camping, hiking, horseback riding and more. The map also details amenities available at each site.

The recreation map can be printed or downloaded on a mobile device for easy reference. The recently updated recreation map and any other maps and publications for the Nantahala and Pisgah national forests are available online.

Reading Room

“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

— George Orwell

We live in an age — the relativity of truth — in which Orwell’s adage seems as dated as monocles or top hats. Just as Darwin’s theory of evolution led to Social Darwinism, a philosophy pitting one human being against another with survival of the fittest as the supreme law for success, so Einstein’s theory of relativity changed popular philosophy and cultural mores as radically as it did the study of physics.

This Must Be the Place

And, in many ways, I’m even weirder as an adult. Since day one, being weird is something I embrace. I’m proud of it, even though I don’t give it much thought, because I think being weird is normal, and being normal is, well, boring.